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REEL HOLDER.

. No. 427,831 Patented May 13, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

HENRY A. BUCHHOLZ, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

REEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,831, dated May 13, 1890.

Application filed December 16, 1889. Serial No. 333,959. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. BUOHHOLZ, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reel-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

lVIy invention relates to an improved reelholder, and has for its object to provide a means whereby a number of reels containing ruching or other material usually exhibited on reels maybe so placed in a stand or holder that the prospective buyer may conveniently inspect the contents of any reel and compare the goods with a sample, and also judge of its appearance upon the dress worn by the buyer withoutthe necessity of consulting a salesman ora saleslady; and a further object of the invention is to provide a device of simple and durable construction which maybe readily comprehended and manipulated by any person of ordinary intelligence.

The invention consists in the novel con stru-ction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters and figures of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device, represented as placed upon a counter. Fig. 2 is a partial rear elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 00 a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a partial vertical section 011 line y y of Fig. a. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through one of the spacing-sleeves. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through one of the reels, and Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of the reel-carriers detached from the device.

The frame of the device consists of a base 10, of any suitable shape, preferably rectangular, which is usually supported by legs 11, rear uprights 12 and 13, attached to the base at its rear side, and a canopy or top piece 14., secured to the said uprights.

The uprights 12 are two in number and located one at each end. They consist of round metal bars, either solid or tubular, as may be desired. But one upright 13 is employed ordinarily, and that is located centrally between the uprights 12. This upright 13 consists, preferably, of a fiat bar of metal divided at its center from top to bottom by a rib 14, and at each side of the rib a series of openings 15 is produced in the upright, the number of the openings being made to correspond with the number of reels to be placed upon the uprights 12, as will be hereinafter described.

The reel-carriers 16 ordinarily consist of a body-bar 0, provided at one end with a socket a and upon its rear face at the other end with a latch-head a the said latch-head being adapted to pass through one of the openings 15 in the central upright 13. The bodybar a is of sufficient length to extend from one end upright 12 to a bearing against the inner face of the center upright 13 at one side of its dividing-rib.

Upon the body-bar of.the reel-carrier two rods a are attached, both secured to the front face of the body-bar, one near the socket extremity and one near the opposite end. Both of the rods a are provided at theirouterend with a thread and extend horizontally from the body-bar and at a right anglethereto, as best shown in Fig. 7.

The reels 17 may be constructed in any suitable or approved manner. Theyare preferably made to consist of a front and rear strip 1) of any light materialsuch as pasteboard or thin wood or sheet metalthe two strips 1) being connected ordinarily by three or more cross-bars I), the said cross-bars being of less thickness than the width of the front and rear strips h and provided with curved sides. The end crossbars b are providedwith a central bore 13 extending through from end to end, which bores register with openings in the front and rear strips Z).

In building up the device a carrier 16 is placed upon each end upright 12 by passing the upright through the socket end of the carrier-body. A sleeve or collar 18 is then placed upon each end upright 12 and permitted to fall down to a contact with the upper surface of the socket end of the carrier just placed in position.

The sleeves or collars 18 are secured upon the uprights n'eferably, by means of a setscrew 19. A carrier 16 and a collar 18 arealternately placed upon each end standard 12 until the device has been built to a suliicient height, and the canopy or cap-piece 14: is then placed in position and secured to the three uprights.

A reel 17 is placed upon each carrier. This is eifected by causing the rods (0 of a carrier to pass through the bores Z1 of the reel, and when the reel has been pushed backward until its rear side contacts with the body-bar of the carrier the threaded ends of the rods a will project beyond the front strip of the reel, and upon the threaded end of each rod an ornamental knob or button 20 is screwed, the button near the inner end of the carrier being preferably made to partake of the shape of a knob.

The reels maybe, if desired, and preferably are, covered between their side strips I) with paper, cloth, or other suitable material, as illustrated at :21 in Fig. 6.

From the end standards 12 on the canopy or cap-plate 1-1 two brackets 23 are forwardly projected, between which brackets over the canopy a mirror 24 is pivotally hung. Samples of the goods contained upon each reel are placed upon the front strip of the same, as illustrated at 25 in Fig. 1. Any suitable form of catch may be employed in connection with the reels to secure the loose end, of the ruclung or other material contained upon the reel to the front strip 1) thereof.

In operation the back of the device is to face the back of the counter, the front of the reels being visible from the front of the counter, and likewise a sample of the goods contained upon the reels. A prospective buyer coming to the counter may look over the samples exposed and select the article or articles desired, and to obtain a closer inspection of the article or to see it in a lengthy piece 1t is simply necessary for the buyer to grasp the knob-like button 20, attached to the reel containing the preferred goods, and slightly raise the reel to disengage the catch a of the reel-carrier from the upright 13, whereupon that especial reel and its carrier may be swung out from the center in the direction of the side of the device. The saleslady may now remove from the reel any desired amount of the goods; or should the prospective purchaser desire to try the eitect of the goods or trimming upon a made-up dress, for instance, this may be accomplished by d rawing a sufficient quantity of the article from the reel and throwing it around the neck, the buyer stepping in front of the mirror 24: to adjust the goods and note the effect.

It will be observed that it the buyer is not familiar with the operation of the device the saleslady at the rear of the counter may throw out any particular reel by simply pressing upon its latch a Any reel when empty may be withdrawn and replaced with a full one in a simple and expeditious manner, the same being accomplished by removing the buttons 20, whereupon one reel may be slid from the carrier and another placed in position thereon.

Having thus described myinvention,l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A reel-holder comprising a base, an upright projecting therefrom,and a series of horizontally-swinging carriers mounted on said upright and each formed of a body-bar provided with a reel-support adapted to pass through a reel, whereby said carriers may be swung into the same vertical plane or out wardly therefrom to permit the material to be unwound from any reel for exhibition or sale, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a base, uprights vcrtically attached to one side of said base near its ends, and a central upright located between the end uprights, of a series of carriers held to swing upon the end uprights, arms projected from said carriers adapted to receive and support reels, and a catch attached to each carrier and adapted for engagement with the central upright, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a base, an uprightprojected vertically from the base at one side near each end, and uprights intermediate of. the ends of the base, of carriers held to swing upon the end uprights, provided with catches adapted to engage the intermediate uprights and forwardly-projecting arms, reels detachably placed upon the arms of the carriers, and means, substantially as shown and described, for locking the said reels to place.

4:. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a base, end uprights secured to the base at one side and uprights intermediate of the ends of the base, a can opy secured to the said uprights at the top, and a glass or reflector pivotally supported above said canopy, of carriers held to turn upon the end uprights, consisting of a bodybar provided with a socket at one end and a latch at the other end adapted to contact with the intermediate uprights, arms proj ected forwardly from the said body-bar, reels provided with transverse bores adapted to receive the arms of the carriers, and means, substantially as shown and described, for locking the reels upon the carriers.

HENRY A. BUCIIIIOLZ.

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